Music Reviews
Munbe Vaa Song
Munbe Vaa is a fantastic song from Sillendru Oru Kadhal Movie. The music composed by A.R.Rehman. This is one of my favourite songs of A.R.Rehman. Vaali writes the lyrics of this song. The song has very different starting line. Shreya Ghosal and Naresh Iyer …
AC/DC Plug Me In
AC/DC Plug Me In is a DVD box set of AC/DC’s performances and music videos throughout the years. I’m a big fan of AC/DC and this was a must have for me! I literally spent about 4 hours watching all of the videos and behind the scenes …
A Treasure Chest of Classical Favorites - CD
A Treasure Chest of Classical Favorites - CD is a four CD set from Reader’s Digest that showcases classical music. Included is a small, thick booklet that walks through the selections, disk by disk, telling us about the composers and the compositions.
Disk One includes the classics, like Rhapsody …
Don’t take the girl by Tim McGraw
Don’t take the girl by Tim McGraw is about a boy not wanting his dad taking the girl but as he gets older he falls in love with this little girl he didn’t want to go fishing with him when he was younger. He then wants the girl to …
Justin Bieber My World 2.0 -
Ok now allot of guys are probably thinking “EW.” but seriously if you look at it from a musical standpoint the album isn’t THAT bad. I know that girls overrate him and guys underestimate him but if we all look at it from the same point, you will see …
Bob Dylan - Canadee-i-o (Song)
Canadee-i-o is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Good As I Been To You. The track starts off with an acoustic guitar part as Dylan comes in with the vocals of the track. The thing that I’m noticing about Dylan’s voice …
Adelitas Way (Self-Named Album)
Adelitas Way is a rock band.They released their first album in 2009, with a self-titled name.Their style of music is at the same time strong and somwhat delicated.Their fastest songs still ahve a very melodic tone.They can keep a very low tone when playing a fast song, one carachteristic …
Alan Jackson’s “Like Red On A Rose”. A Music Album
Alan Jackson is a singer and songwriter that has been around for a number of years. I am proud to say that I have several of his albums with ” Like Red On A Rose” being on of my favorites. As a bit of a romantic and a female …
Spice Girls- Spice World
Spice Girls - Spice World was introduced to the world by Virgin Records Inc. in 1997. Featuring your favorite Spice Girl - Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, Baby Spice, Posh Spice and Sporty Spice, these Brit Pop stars took the world over by storm with a group following the likes …
Lady Antebellum: Need You Now (CD)
Need You Now is the second CD by country artist Lady Antebellum. I am not surprised by the way this effort hung on to the top of the charts for more than a year. It is a success from start to finish.
Lady Antebellum has truly outdone themselves …
Alicia Keys: MTV Unplugged cd
Alicia Keys is the R&B songstress that won the MTV ” Artist Of The Year” award in 1999 for bringing you hits like “A Womens Worth”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Fallin” and “Karma” and in 2005 MTV released the cd “Alicia Keys Unplugged” which is a live …
Rush CD
I’ve been a huge fan of the rock band Rush since their Moving Pictures album back in 1981. So far I’ve collected all their albums and will usually listen to them all at least once a year. Their musical progression has always been a drawing point for …
Perfect Day by Various Artists
Perfect Day by Various Artists is awesome! You guys have to listen to this song, it was featured a few years back. And the video ain’t that bad as well; truly colorful and featuring the various artists as bits of bits the voices sung through.
One line …
Love and Peace or else (song by, u2)
U2 is an Irish rock band that has many albums, one of my favourite albums from them is entitled “How to dismantle an atomic bomb.” One of the songs featured on this album is entitled “Love and Peace or else.”
The song itself starts off sort of low key, …
Regrets by Jay Z, song
Regrets by Jay-Z is the last song off of his debut album “Reasonable Doubt” released June 25, 1996. I personally find it to be a perfect song to conclude the album. The song Regrets samples “It’s So Easy Loving You” by Earl Klugh and Hubert Laws. This makes the …
Jagged Little Pill album by Alanis Morrissette
One of my favorite albums of all time is Alanis Morrissette’s first internationally-released album, Jagged Little Pill. This was the album which sky-rocketed her to fame and which won her the Album of the Year Grammy in 1996.
I was a tween at that time, and this …
CD The Beatles 1
The CD The Beatles 1 is a compilation of 17 of the Beatles’ hit singles. With about 80 minutes of music, and only the good songs, this was a great value for the money. Beatles music is something that I never get tired of, and …
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Overview - Disraeli Gears, Cream’s second album, is a great musical album and has strong vocal performances as well in just about every track on here. I will say that most of the record is more laid back and mellow but they’re are still some great energetic tracks on …
Walk away - Paula Deanda
Once again a new comer from R n B singer comes again. Paula Deanda I guess is still new in R n B music, but I like almost all of her songs. One of those song is walk away. The melodic its preety up tempo, but exactli it …
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
‘Abbey Road’ was the final great Beatles album, and was actually an album quite light in tone, and one which gave little indication of the forthcoming break-up of the world’s greatest-ever rock and pop group - especially with an opening rocker entitled ‘Come Together’. John Lennon, well into the …
The Chainsmokers - Roses (feat. ROZES)
To be honest, I never heard any The Chainsmokers before this. But I think this song has gained enough momentum ever since my friend let me listen to it more than 3 months ago.
Songs always take time to grow, but for this case, I instantly liked it upon first …
Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Video
Since Beyonce has embarked on her solo career, she has really raunched up her image and shows a lot more flesh than in the videos from her demure Destiny’s Child days. She is a sexy woman so I guess she is being clever and reckoning that sex sells, …
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd has been my favorite band since I was a teenager in the 1980s. Throughout the years, this band has produced so many beautiful and melodic sounds. I can recall so many times where my friends and I have just made a night out of mellowing out to …
Hank Jones: If You Were Mine CD
This CD — Hank Jones: If You Were Mine — is for the people who have influenced the singer. If you read the liner jacket for nothing else, read the bit about Tony Bennett. I was absolutely laughing at loud at the notation there. It’s priceless.
This …
Animal Collective - Baleen Sample (Song)
Baleen Sample is a song by Animal Collective and the third track on their 2005 EP, Prospect Hummer. I should mention from the start that this is the only song on the EP on the record to not feature the vocals of Vashti Bunyan, so the band have to …
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks does a song called If Tomorrow Never Comes. This is a soft spoken song that talks about all the what if’s, when it comes to the future. It talks about losing loved ones and never telling them how you really feel before they died and not …
The good stuff by Kenny Chesney
The good stuff by Kenny Chesney is a song about how a guy has a fight with his woman and he goes to a bar and the guy won�t give him the good stuff. But the old guy says a whole lot of stuff is the good stuff especially …
Garth and Walmart by Garth Brooks
Garth and Wal-Mart is a parody done by Garth Brooks. I love this song. It should be a wake up call to all Americans that Wal-Mart is part of the decline in our lifestyle and economy here in America. Wal-Mart has already run out millions of small businesses who …
Scars On Broadway - Babylon (Song)
Babylon is a song written by Scars On Broadway which appears on the track listing of their debut self-titled record. I will be very simple right now and say that I think this is the most developed track on the entire album and certainly has the best songwriting on …
Nine Inch Nails - My Violent Heart (Song)
My Violent Heart is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on the record Year Zero. The song opens up with a very eerie rhythm played on a synthesizer which certainly gives the track an industrial feel. Reznor quickly joins in with his vocals and adds to the …
Metallica - Garage Inc. (Disc 1)
Overview - Garage Inc., an album filled entire of covers showcases Metallica’s diversity in musical talents and where their influences came from. Released in 1998, the album has two discs to it: the fist disc contains newly recorded covers while the second disc is a compilation of previously recorded …
Megadeth - Rust In Peace… Polaris (Song)
Rust In Peace… Polaris is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. The track starts off with a very fast and aggressive drum rhythm before the guitars come into join this rhythm and certainly demonstrate the essence of thrash metal. Mustaine comes in with …
Lonesome Crowded West, 1997 Album by Modest Mouse
I think that this is not a very good full length album for a band like Modest Mouse. I remember how I first started listening to it after I listened to their first full length album, and I did not enjoy this record at all. It was because I …
The Rolling Stones - Luxury (Song)
Luxury is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record It’s Only Rock —˜N Roll. The track opens up with a rhythm guitar part along with a very brief lead guitar bit before the bass and drums quickly join in. Jagger comes in with the vocals …
Delain’s the Gathering Song
I am a very huge fan of bands like Nightwish, Within Temptation and other Symphonic Metal bands, and I am warming up to another band called Delain. What started my interest in Delain was this song called “The Gathering”. As a huge Nightwish fan, I was introduced to it …
Donnie Brasco (Film)
Donnie Brasco is a film directed by Mike Newell which stars Al Pacino as a mafia member named lefty who takes in the character Donnie Brasco, played by Johnny Depp. This film is based on an actual undercover plan by the FBI where a secret agent, Brasco, infiltrated a …
Barbra Streisand: One Voice CD
When released, Barbra Streisand: One Voice CD got a lot of attention and for good reason. It’s not everyday that this amazing singer gives a concert. This was back in 1987, before her big concert tours of the 90’s. Barbra gave a concert in her backyard, …
Iida 5-String Banjo
I purchased the Iida 5-String Banjo in 1974. This particular model is not for beginners but at the same time its not a high end instrument. I’ve used it for 35 years playing it for family, friends, and on stage professionally. The banjo features a heavy mahogany resonator, steel …
Song : Truthfully by Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb, a New York based singer-songwriter is definitely one of those artists who I’ve loved from day one. I’ve always admired the lyrical ability and distinctive voice of the quirky singer who is known for the hit “Stay”. While Lisa Loeb has really only had one song that …
Bye, Bye, Bye
Bye, Bye, Bye By *Nsync is a song that when I was a kid I absolutely loved. Me and my sister used to have a cd with *Nsync on it but we don’t have it anymore because we wore the cd out. After we were done with it, it …
Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (Music Video)
First of all, I love this song. It suits Kelly so well and it’s something you would love to hear on the radio. So then onto the music video, Kelly looks amazing. The old Kelly, young and fun with attitude is back and is better than ever. Kelly looks …
Sean Paul
“Sean Paul” is a Jamaican dancehall deejay who is now also very popular on the international hip hop scene. I have noticed that many foreigners seem to think that the music which he does is hip hop, however, that is not true as in Jamaica a form of music …
Waterfalls by TLC
Waterfalls by TLC is a song that is smooth going and sweet. I like the song because it sooths my mind and is not like other rap songs. The song talks about how guys need to stop chasing after things they are not going to get but waterfalls is …
The Doors - The Doors
Overview - The Doors, the debut record of the band of the same name,
is a nice mix of tracks which showcase the wide range of moods and energies that The Doors can cater to - even within just a single song. Robby Krieger has some nice riffs throughout the …
Yuk Mouth and C-Bo as Thug Lords CD
Today I will be speaking about a west coast classic album. And that is the Thug Lords album recorded by Yuk Mouth and C-bo. I must say that I love everything about this great album. The beats the lyrics and flows are all great. I think C Bo and Yukmouth …
The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer
This is a remastered originals CD that contains a collection of thirty summer-themed songs from the Beach Boys. It’s a really a fun CD to listen to, mainly because it contains the voices of the original Beach Boys and the songs as they sounded in the 1960s, or in …
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Side II)
Overview —“ Side II of Rubber Soul, The Beatles’ sixth album, is about just as good as Side I was in my opinion and that’s a good thing. After listening to Side I, I figured that Side II would definitely have to compete to be just as good, and …
Womanizer by Britney Spears
I love the new song Womanizer by Britney Spears very much. My friends were saying that the song is lame and all that, but I think not. This is the latest of Britney Spears that one could really get a-hold of. Do watch the music video clip. …
Album : Hibria - Blind Ride (2011)
Of all of the lesser known metal bands that I follow, if there was one of them that I can’t understand their lack of wider success it would have to be HIBRIA. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like they are totally unknown, and in fact their homeland of …
La Roux Self-titled Album (2009)
From the runways of Gucci last fall to the grand scale Chanel haute couture presentation, La roux’s tracks have reverberated across fashion shows and though the songs sound oddly familiar, it takes a few replays to munch and absorb all the ear-splitting synth pop beats then you start to …
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